The Unexamined Life IS Worth Living

Do not listen to Socrates; the unexamined life is worth living.

In this episode, River Salmon D explores Greek Philosophy, its poetic meaning, and how it has brought many people to misunderstand life, and presents a new philosophical term: Socrates-Completeness.

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[mirabileamavi]

i have a problem with subjectivism (in ethics?): what hitler did was not wrong. umm.

[riversalmond]

@mirabileamavi Yes, objectively, what Hitler did was wrong. But to himself, he probably thought that it was an okay thing to do. People will believe anything that they want to.

[macgninja]

@macgninja whoooops ***NOT worth living :PP

[macgninja]

@riversalmond your individual relativistic argument doesn't ground the Holocaust in any sort of sound moral foundation. Your statement "to himself, he probably thought it was an okay thing to do" doesn't address mirabileamavi's point at all. As good philosophers we aren't concerned whether or not "people will believe anything that they want" Instead, we are focused on unearthing the truth of the matter (like genocide) and making sense of strange things b/c the unexamined life is worth living